Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I was a speaker today at the #AgainstSurveillance teach-in , a fundraiser for Ian Linkletter who is being sued by the online test-proctoring software company Proctorio. In ed-tech circles, we call this "learning analytics," but it's less about learning than it is about productivity.).

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Software LMS Microsoft Company 132

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

A pair of consultants who run a popular edtech blog plan to start offering events—in hopes of getting people at colleges and companies who don’t usually talk to each other to join forces on innovative teaching efforts. Open-ed people, personalized-learning people, and the learning-analytics people, they don’t talk to each other that much.”

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Technology Education Pearson Blackboard 75

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Tapping into data collected from nearly 10 million K-12 students who read 346 million books and nonfiction articles last school year, Renaissance® releases its ninth annual What Kids Are Reading report.

Trends 40

Trends Survey Learning Analytics Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

.” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. The company has raised some $77.5 Would there even be “learning analytics” without the LMS, I wonder?).

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

Katherine Streeter said it best in her Chronicle of Higher Education article, How Your College Can Survive the Pandemic , “The problem goes beyond the immediate need to manage through Covid-19; Rome is burning”. I guarantee you that a social learning tool is what most administrators wish they had implemented prior to COVID-19.

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How To Data Trends Learning Analytics 96

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

Throughout Monica’s extensive career, she has sought out the diverse experiences required to know how to implement positive changes in education: she has served as a classroom teacher, adjunct professor, and education consultant for national, technology-based curriculum companies. Join the Community.

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Data Education Report Professional Learning 54

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The rise is also due to people''s desire to develop their learning informally. There are formal contexts for mobile learning, but it is in the leisure time/travelling/down time that mobile learning still comes to the fore. Such large data sets can conceivably be sold on for a sizeable profit to companies who are interested.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Coursera MOOC 62

Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

Katherine Streeter said it best in her Chronicle of Higher Education article, How Your College Can Survive the Pandemic , “The problem goes beyond the immediate need to manage through Covid-19; Rome is burning”. I guarantee you that a social learning tool is what most administrators wish they had implemented prior to COVID-19.

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How To Data Trends Learning Analytics 52

Omega Notes

JUNE 9, 2020

Katherine Streeter said it best in her Chronicle of Higher Education article, How Your College Can Survive the Pandemic , “The problem goes beyond the immediate need to manage through Covid-19; Rome is burning”. I guarantee you that a social learning tool is what most administrators wish they had implemented prior to COVID-19.

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How To Data Trends Learning Analytics 52

Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. The third: lifelong learning. The student loan company has raised $803.6 National) Education Politics.

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Education Robotics OER MOOC 46

edWeb.net

JUNE 23, 2021

Leadership roles include core infrastructure, enterprise services, co-leading a personalized learning initiative with 1,000+ teachers, and co-leading global learning analytics collaborative. Neufeld left the private industry to work for Fresno State with 25,000+ students, and then Fresno Unified with 72,000 students.

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Khan Academy Data Industry Learning Analytics 53

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2020

While that particular red flag feature is no longer used by Canvas, Mariachi says she worries that colleges and companies are experimenting with learning analytics in ways that are not transparent and could be prone to algorithmic bias. The systems we are putting into place are laying the tracks from institutional racism 2.0

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Course Learning Analytics Tools LMS 143

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I’ve called this “the Top Ed-Tech Trends,” but this has never been an SEO-optimized list of products that the ed-tech industry wants schools or parents or companies to buy (or that it claims schools and parents and companies are buying). Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

Technology 58

Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Also via Wired : “Companies Are Cashing in on Reality TV for Tots.” Job training company BetterUp has raised $26 million from Lightspeed Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Freestyle Capital, and DFJ Growth. million total.

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Education Robotics iPad Company 45

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

" Tagged on: March 10, 2017 Drop it like it's bot: Brands have cooled on chatbots | Digiday → Many companies have begun dropping their bots, saying that they don't do what they were supposed to: “I would call it overpromising." " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” From the press release (which explains why there’d be an article on the company this week): “ YouTube joins forces with Britannica to provide easier access to credible and authoritative information.”

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.” ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” Credit Cards).”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? Via GeekWire : “ Project Unicorn signs first companies to help schools handle the hairball of edtech data.” Digital training company QuizRR has raised $1.3

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MOOC Education Robotics Company 42

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each Friday, I gather all the education and education technology and technology-related news into one article. (I I also gather articles that I read about the same topics for a newsletter that I send out each Saturday.) Learning to Code. Education Data and Learning Analytics. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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Trends MOOC Khan Academy Maker Movement 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

This is part five of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As in previous years, it would be quite easy to fill a whole article in this series on “ data insecurity ,” on the data breaches and cyberattacks that continue to plague education – both schools and software. million students.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

EDITED TO ADD: Apparently, The Guardian article is not quite right. ” They’re suing the company. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. Defeated" is too strong a word here.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. An in-depth look at for profit companies selling their education products and services in Africa. “Can U.S. million total.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. “Harvard Management Company to Lay Off Half Its Staff,” The Harvard Crimson reports.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The company said that it would keep the Vine website online, but you should probably download anything you’ve got there. But despite all these cuts, big companies rolled out New Products this week that were perhaps Very Exciting if you’re into New Products. Upgrades and Downgrades. The CEO has resigned.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40